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  • 15 February 2022
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I purchased 5 SyncUp Kids watches for Christmas this year. Kids love them, but yesterday I had a second watch get stuck not getting past the loading screen. I'm not sure what led up to it, but the symptoms seem to appear out of nowhere. The watch doesn't respond to anything. The only thing you can do is hold the button for 20secs or so and it will buzz and hard-reset, then get to the loading screen and sequence the three pink dots on the bottom indefinitely.

When the first watch did this I called 611. They seemed very unfamiliar with this product, and appear to have limited ability to troubleshoot anything. Apparently the only way to factory reset these watches is through the settings menu in the interface and in this case it can't get there. They had me go into a store and do a defect exchange (At first they wanted to charge me $5 to file manufacturer warranty and give me a refurbished watch, I refused and insisted on another option. Who charges $5 for a manufacturing defect?) 

Yesterday the second, of five, watches has the same symptoms as before. Stuck at the loading screen, the only thing I can do that gets any response is hard-reset by holding on the button. Having two of these cases now, within 2 months of new, I can't imagine I am unique but I can't find any record of people having issues, so I am here, trying to find solutions, and share my experience.

Question 1- Is there a hidden way to factory reset these watches without accessing the settings menu? If not, why?!

Question 2- Are other people having these same issues? Are my kids doing something to their watches they shouldn't be doing? What might it be? Both times this happened it was overnight, we know because that is when they go offline. I suspect my kids are grabbing them off their chargers to play with them at night, but I can't think of anything they could do to their watch in their beds that would cause them to bug-out.

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Best answer by Zoheb 7 June 2022, 17:30

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All items core app failing. 

Error on 5/31/2024. 

 

S

We're now running into the same issue on our watch. I did find a way to get into the recovery interface and force a factory reset. This seems to temporarily fix the issue: 

1. Hold the button until the watch hard resets

2. After the watch buzzes indicating the reset had started, release the button and start pressing the button repeatedly - like 1 or 2 times a second. Keep pressing while the T-Mobile splash screen is up, and if you did it correctly you will get an all text menu to reboot, factory data wipe, or turn off. 

3. Clicking the button cycles through the menu options. When the menu option you want is highlighted, hold the button until the selection highlights green, then let go of the button. This selects the option.

 

 

R

Same issue here :(

R

I'm having the exact same issues with the watch not loading from the screen I purchased this watch as a Christmas gift for my daughter and 2 days later this error occurred. This is obviously a defect with the product and not the costumer T-Mobile wants to charge me $20 to replace it via warranty this is unsatisfactory.

S

I feel as though T-Mobile has scrubbed the internet of this issue. I had the issue after an update. I was told to pay a small fee for a new phone. 1st lie. The phone was not new it was refurbished and had the same exact error! I was so mad I didn't even want to deal with calling again. So I let it charge, tried rebooting and let it sit bc life is busy, and then I finally called tonight. I was transferred to 3 different people (likely in India). But one nice manager said he will work with engineers and said it is a known issue.

 This post says resolved, but I do not see a solution anywhere. I want to cancel this service (really I want it to work but if it doesn't work I want a full refund from the original update when the phone stopped working. It has been months and I have not been able to use the phone to track my kids. 

 There are no bars. All it says is not activated correctly, REBOOT.  If I tap the reboot screen a bunch of times it says it needs to be factory reset and says do you want to see the demo yes or no. If you say no it offers rebooting again. If you say yes it goes to a # pad screen and you can enter 4 digits. I do not know a code for this screen. When I tried to see if I could pair it without the right pairing screen coming up on the phone it could not find the phone to pair. I tried to manually input the item number on the back of the phone on the kids sync page online and it still couldn't recognize the number. I tried to scan the TINY QR code which also didn't work. The phone is a rip off, paying monthly for a service and phone that do not work. I cannot imagine if my child needed to reach me bc of kidnappers or active shooters or they are lost and the phone just wigs out on them and becomes completely useless. Oh, but I can imagine them without one completely because that's what is happening now. (2 boys share 1 watch bc they go to the same school and ride the same bus they are together all the time).

 I really hope this supervisor actually finds an engeneer who can fix the reboot issue or give me a full refund. They can see howblong it has been since we have communicated using the phone and this is not something we did. It is a product issue and I am paying monthly for nothing! If this guy figures it out I will be thrilled and share if I can ever locate this validating thread again. May the odds ever be in our favor.

J

 I held for over an hour to get assist w a SyncUp kids watch issue "watch offline". Spoke w many agents while finding the "correct" person. Finally, a cs "manager" asked me type 1112 & text STOP to resolve problem. She actually was getting me to opt out of surveys and hung up!🤬🤬🤬

The watch is still offline after completing an app update, fully charging it, and waiting an entire night on hold...over 2 hrs!

Why offer a product you cannot support? I want a refund.

 

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I found this thread while looking for a solution for the exact same problem. It is unexecptible that the only solution is for the consumer to pay for a know defect. 

My daughter's watch is now bricked because of something wrong with the watch. Like the OP said The watch doesn't respond to anything. The only thing you can do is hold the button for 20secs or so and it will buzz and hard-reset, then get to the loading screen and sequence the three pink dots on the bottom indefinitely.

And the very next reply from customer support is to factory reset through the UI...haha! Clearly TM has no odea what they are doing and is selling a product that is defective. 

Either TM replaces this watch or I will replace TM with a company that will treat their customers better and own their mistakes.

M

We bought 2 yesterday. Went home with it working fine. Woke up with 2 or 3 software updates without service. No connectivity. Took it to Tmobile. They fiddled with it. Got it to a loading screen and claimed it likely doing an update. Now all it will do is look as if it loading or you can reset it and goes right to loading again after Tmobile logo. A bit ridiculous to be honest. What's the fix?

V

Purchased 2 of these watches on Sunday.. neither work. Keep saying they are not activated properly. Called for help, spent half hour with rep, couldn't  help. Went to the store. Spent 2 hours there trying to fix issues.. none fixed. Was suppose to get a call from an Engineer  and a supervisor today (tuesday)... no phone call.. so frustrated. We just switched over to t-mobile  and so far VERY unhappy. No resolution 

We purchased 2 in store and are having a 3rd ship as of yesterday. straight out of the box ours did this too. spent 50+ minutes with a service rep with no solution. Now they  said to wait up to 3 days for them to work. ummmmmm. no thanks. We just switched too and its been a chore. 

If the only thing it’s going is T during load and then shutdown, and if you already tried to reset it (hold the button 10 secs) then the only option you have is a replacement in the real T-Mobile shop.
Hopefully they’re not wasting your time after buy to get additional $20 from you for a “warranty” replacement.

V

Same issue. Have had 3 of these watches for one month.  One not loading past the "T" screen.  Unable to do any sort of 'reset.'  What is the solution, please?

Go to the real T-Mobile shop and ask for replacement.

Will cost you $20.

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Same issue. Have had 3 of these watches for one month.  One not loading past the "T" screen.  Unable to do any sort of 'reset.'  What is the solution, please?

 

Hi, we apologize for the experience you are running into. In order to understand the problem better could you please open the SyncUP KIDS app and shake the phone to report a bug that way we can learn more about the issue and provide you with steps to resolve it. We would appreciate it if you could include screenshots of what you see on the app and also the watch IMEI( available on the back of the watch). As soon as we have the above we will have someone look into the issue and get back to you. Alternatively, you can also write to us at skw-feedback@t-mobile.com with the above information. Once again please accept our apologies for the inconvenience!

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Purchased 2 of these watches on Sunday.. neither work. Keep saying they are not activated properly. Called for help, spent half hour with rep, couldn't  help. Went to the store. Spent 2 hours there trying to fix issues.. none fixed. Was suppose to get a call from an Engineer  and a supervisor today (tuesday)... no phone call.. so frustrated. We just switched over to t-mobile  and so far VERY unhappy. No resolution 

We purchased 2 in store and are having a 3rd ship as of yesterday. straight out of the box ours did this too. spent 50+ minutes with a service rep with no solution. Now they  said to wait up to 3 days for them to work. ummmmmm. no thanks. We just switched too and its been a chore. 

 

Hi, we apologize for the experience you are running into. In order to understand the problem better could you please open the SyncUP KIDS app and shake the phone to report a bug that way we can learn more about the issue and provide you with steps to resolve it. We would appreciate it if you could include screenshots of what you see on the app and also the watch IMEI( available on the back of the watch). As soon as we have the above we will have someone look into the issue and get back to you. Alternatively, you can also write to us at skw-feedback@t-mobile.com with the above information. 

Once again please accept our apologies for the inconvenience!

T

Same issue. Have had 3 of these watches for one month.  One not loading past the "T" screen.  Unable to do any sort of 'reset.'  What is the solution, please?

J

Purchased 2 of these watches on Sunday.. neither work. Keep saying they are not activated properly. Called for help, spent half hour with rep, couldn't  help. Went to the store. Spent 2 hours there trying to fix issues.. none fixed. Was suppose to get a call from an Engineer  and a supervisor today (tuesday)... no phone call.. so frustrated. We just switched over to t-mobile  and so far VERY unhappy. No resolution 

We purchased 2 in store and are having a 3rd ship as of yesterday. straight out of the box ours did this too. spent 50+ minutes with a service rep with no solution. Now they  said to wait up to 3 days for them to work. ummmmmm. no thanks. We just switched too and its been a chore. 

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Hi, we apologize for the experience you are running into. In order to understand the problem better could you please open the SyncUP KIDS app and shake the phone to report a bug that way we can learn more about the issue and provide you with steps to resolve it. We would appreciate it if you could include screenshots of what you see on the app and also the watch IMEI( available on the back of the watch). As soon as we have the above we will have someone look into the issue and get back to you. Alternatively, you can also write to us at skw-feedback@t-mobile.com with the above information. 

Once again please accept our apologies for the inconvenience!

Purchased 2 of these watches on Sunday.. neither work. Keep saying they are not activated properly. Called for help, spent half hour with rep, couldn't  help. Went to the store. Spent 2 hours there trying to fix issues.. none fixed. Was suppose to get a call from an Engineer  and a supervisor today (tuesday)... no phone call.. so frustrated. We just switched over to t-mobile  and so far VERY unhappy. No resolution 

 

 

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Hi, we apologize for the experience you are running into. In order to understand the problem better could you please open the SyncUP KIDS app and shake the phone to report a bug that way we can learn more about the issue and provide you with steps to resolve it. We would appreciate it if you could include screenshots of what you see on the app and also the watch IMEI( available on the back of the watch). As soon as we have the above we will have someone look into the issue and get back to you. 

Once again please accept our apologies for the inconvenience!

Purchased 2 of these watches on Sunday.. neither work. Keep saying they are not activated properly. Called for help, spent half hour with rep, couldn't  help. Went to the store. Spent 2 hours there trying to fix issues.. none fixed. Was suppose to get a call from an Engineer  and a supervisor today (tuesday)... no phone call.. so frustrated. We just switched over to t-mobile  and so far VERY unhappy. No resolution 

 

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Purchased 2 of these watches on Sunday.. neither work. Keep saying they are not activated properly. Called for help, spent half hour with rep, couldn't  help. Went to the store. Spent 2 hours there trying to fix issues.. none fixed. Was suppose to get a call from an Engineer  and a supervisor today (tuesday)... no phone call.. so frustrated. We just switched over to t-mobile  and so far VERY unhappy. No resolution 

V

Okay. Brought bricked watch to the T-mobile store.
They pointed me to another store with repair guys.
Repair guys told me I drove here for nothing - they’re not repairing watches.
So we started the warranty replacement process.
They can’t send it home as iPhone for example - because of… because they can’t.
They also can’t send it to “not truly” T-Mobile store near my home, but rather to true T-Mobile store - ok.
And It’s $20 + taxes fee for a warranty replacement.
So if your watch get bricked by itself every two months for no reason - you better buy $10/month protection plan, you know.
And, like always, thank you for your partnership and support.

K

Plugging the charger into a different wall outlet/USB outlet. If that doesn’t work calling care or going to a store to exchange it is currently the best option. We hope to understand your issue soon and fix it. Thank you for your partnership and support. 

V

Is there a way to check charger is working properly?

V

SyncUp app shows Firmware version 1.1.7 for watch

K

Do not believe it was an update that impacted this, however we will investigate. 

V

Was it an update recently?

K

Recommend exchanging your watch as part of the warranty. Sorry about this, we are investigating.

V

The same here. Got notice about watch shut down. Tried to boot it up with long-pressing the power button. Couple of times it showed T logo and then shut down itself. On third try it’s loaded this morning.
Then I’ve got a shutdown notice again later in the day.
Started to boot it up again with  long press - it showed T logo one time and shut down itself.
Since that it’s complete brick, doesn’t matter how long you press the power button and how (on charge or not).

So where to go for support? Closest T-Mobile store?

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